End gate



May 13, 1930. 'w. c. LAMKINS 1,758,325

' END GATE Filed April 25, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l In venior Attorney, Q

May 13, 1930. w, C LAMKlNs Q 1,758,325

END GATE Filed April 23, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor W. G .La m/rz'ns v gg ad M A itorney Patented May 13, 1930 UNITED, rarss WILLIAM c. LAMKINS, or NEWPORT, ARKANSAS- V GATE;

'Application. filed April 23;

The present invention relates to an end gate for wagonbodies and the like and has for its prime object to provide a means for holding the end gate tightly on the end of the body.

Another very important object of the inventionresides in the provision of an appa' ratus of this nature which is exceedin ly simple in its construction,strong and durable, inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, thoroughly eificient and reliable in use and otherwise well. adapted for the purpose for which it is designed.

With the aboveand numerous other objects in View, as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings: I

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the rear end of a wagon body showing my inventionassociated therewith. I I

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of one of the wear plates. I

Figure 4 is a rear end elevation, showing one corner only.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of the end gate. a

Figure 6 is a vertical section taken on the line 66 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a perspective viewof one of the reinforcing plates.

V Figure 8 is a perspective view of one of the bolts. 7

Referring to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that the numeral 5 denotes the sides of the wagon body and the numeral 6 the end gate, which is provided adjacent its ends with a pair of spaced vertical cleats 7 to straddle the ends of the sides 5 andnotches 8 are provided in the upper edges of the tail gate to register with the spaces between the cleats 7 Indentures 9 are provided in the r rear face of the tail gate. Wear plates 10 are 1929. Serial No. 357,575.

disposed diagonally across portions of the rear face of the end gate being fastened in place by suitable screws 11 and having openings 12 registering with the indentures 9. 1 Reinforcement longitudinally extending elongated plates 14 are fastened at their forward ends as at 15, inside the sides 5, and at their 7 rear ends by means of bolts 16; The heads rock down and extend through the notches 8 r and at their rear ends have lateral depending extensions 20 through which are threaded set screws 21 having reduced ends 22, for extending through openings 12' and into'indentures- 9. Thus it will be seen that the tail gate may be securely clamped against the rear end of the body in a closed position or in a partially closed position, and by releasing the set screws, the leversmay be swung up outof the way and the tail gate easily removed.

It is thought that the construction, operation, utility and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art, without amore detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention' has been disclosed in detail, merely for the purpose of exemplification, since in actual practice it attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. It will be apparent that changes in the details of construction and in the combination and v arragement of parts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafter In combination, awagon body including a pairof sides, an end gate havingtwo pairs i of cleats vertically disposed on the ends thereof in spaced relation to receive the ends of the sides, said gate having notches registering with the spaces between the cleats and formed inthe upper ed e of the end gate,

levers pivotally mounte on the sides and adapted to be swung in a vertical plane into the notches and between the cleats, extensions depending from the rear ends of the levers, and means carried by the extensions for engagement with the end gate for clamping the same against the sides and for retaining the levers in the slots.

In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature.

' WILLIAM C. LAMKINS. 

